Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Big BeatArt Blakeys 1960 hard bop classic The Big Beat introduced one of the greatest line ups of The Jazz Messengers with the legendary drummer joined by trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt. Three of the six tunes here were composed by Shorter including Lester Left Town, but the album is best known for an unforgettable version of Timmons enduring hit Dat Dere. This Blue Note Classic Vinyl

and drummer Paul Motian

35th anniversary reissue of legendary Canadian/American singer

Original Artwork by Randy Ortiz

the alternating despair and hope that intertwine in the fight to survive as disenfranchised people in the US

“A second version of our Protean Threat if you will

Released in 1969  “Heaven/earth” is a cornerstone on its own and 30 years later the band had a sort of epiphany

sweetly melodic and soundly honest songs

noted scribe for such illustrious rock and boxing mags like Crawdaddy

At nearly the cost of a house (and taking up almost an entire room)

but certainly in spirit

it’s about someone leaving a hotel room at three in the morning

” she said